Honors
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, CHENEY
These students from Vancouver, all continuing students at EWU, were recently awarded scholarships: Allison Bock, a senior majoring in international affairs, received a $1,000 Thomas B. Morris Study Abroad Scholarship; Leslie Davis, majoring in social work, received a $9,500 Carper Foundation Scholarship; and Paige Halle, who is majoring in film production, received a $470 Jean Neils Scholarship.
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Kimberly Lawrence of Battle Ground was awarded a $3,000 Laurence J. Peter Memorial Graduate Fellowship by WSU’s College of Education. Lawrence graduated from Battle Ground High School in 2010 and plans to graduate from WSU in 2015 with a degree in teaching secondary English. Lawrence has a Bachelor of Arts in English cum laude. She is a volunteer at Chief Umtuch Middle School.
Autumn Sailer, a senior in WSU’s Creative Media and Digital Culture program, has been awarded the first The Gardner School of Arts and Sciences fellowship in social media strategy and Web analytics. The $1,500 fellowship will be applied toward her tuition. Sailer will work with The Gardner School, a private school for students in preschool through eighth grade, to create a social media strategy and to optimize the school’s website. In return, the Gardner School will give $1,000 to WSU’s CMDC program for software and other educational materials.
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, WACO, TEXAS
Jimmie Southwood of Battle Ground graduated Aug. 16.
BISMARCK (N.D.) STATE COLLEGE
Robert Thompson of Vancouver was named to the summer 2014 president’s honor roll with a 4.0 grade point average.
